KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Deuteronomy 26:8 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders:”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And the Lord” | יְהוָה֙ | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “brought us forth” | וַיּֽוֹצִאֵ֤נוּ | To go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim | brought forth |
| “out of Egypt” | מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם | Mitsrajim, i.e., Upper and Lower Egypt | out Egypt |
| “with a mighty” | חֲזָקָה֙ | Strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent) | mighty |
| “hand,” | בְּיָ֤ד | A hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows] | hand |
| “and with an outstretched” | נְטוּיָ֔ה | To stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows) | outstretched |
| “arm,” | וּבִזְרֹ֣עַ | The arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force | arm |
| “and with great” | גָּדֹ֑ל | Great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent | great |
| “terribleness,” | וּבְמֹרָ֖א | Fear; by implication, a fearful thing or deed | terribleness |
| “and with signs,” | וּבְאֹת֖וֹת | A signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc | signs |
| “and with wonders:” | וּבְמֹֽפְתִֽים׃ | A miracle; by implication, a token or omen | wonders |
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6 And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
7 And when we cried unto the Lord God of our fathers, the Lord heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:
8 And the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders:
9 And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey.
10 And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O Lord, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the Lord thy God, and worship before the Lord thy God:
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